Pushing Towards Tomorrow

The next couple of days Luciana enjoyed her time spent with Twilight and friends. Luci learned more about the land of Equestria, and even learned to control her magic. During this time Luciana’s house that Applejack, Rainbow Dash, and Rarity worked so hard on was finished. Rarity takes another careful look at the house, “Do you think she’ll like it?” “Of course she’ll love it!” Rainbow Dash said confidently. “Alright y’all lets go tell Twilight so she can bring Luciana,” said Applejack.

With that, they started walking towards Twilight’s tree house. They arrive at the door, and Twilight greets them at the door. Twilight already knows what they are here for and brings out a blindfolded Luciana. “Uhh… Twilight, the sun doesn’t bother my eyes that much anymore,” Luciana said. Twilight giggled, “It's not for the sun silly, we have a surprise for you,” “A… Surprise?” Luciana said nervously, “don’t worry I made sure it was awesome!” rainbow dash assured. “Come on girls I want her to see her surprise!” Rarity said anxiously.

They began to make their way towards the newly built house. After a short amount of time they arrive at their destination, and then they took off Luciana’s blindfold and yelled, “Surprise!” Luciana looked in awe at the adorable little house that was built for her. The stars that were placed on the dark blue background, made it seem like the night sky, with two full moons on each side of the slanted roof. Luciana was speechless at how they took all this time to create this house that had her favorite thing in the world to look at.

Luciana was quiet so long, the other ponies became worried, “well, Luci what do you think?” Twilight asked? Luciana’s eyes started to tear up, “I…I… can’t think of the words to describe how I feel right now, but to put it simply, I LOVE IT!!” Luciana jumped up and down in excitement about her gift, trotting around to everyone and giving them a big hug, “Thank you thank you thank you, I can’t thank you enough for this wonderful gift!”

Rainbow Dash hovered in the air, "Luci; we all thought you deserved this. You proved it to us by saving Apple Bloom, and risking your life in the process. Plus, we wanted to also build this as a foundation for your future. We know you don’t remember your past, but we hope that this house would be a symbol of our friendship and the bright future we will share… together!” “Well said Rainbow!” Rarity cheered, “Well do you want to go inside?” rarity said nudging Luci.

Luciana slowly walked into the house admiring every detail and piece of furniture that went into making this house into everything Luciana dreamed of. The night sky ceiling, the star shaped lamp and bulbs, and even the furniture were shaped like a crescent moon or star pattern. Rarity walked behind Luciana, “Twilight told us how you would go out and just look up at the night sky for long periods of time, so I thought this décor would be appropriate. I hope I didn’t go overboard.” Rarity said with an uneasy look on her face. Luciana turned around quickly with the biggest smile on her face, “Are you kidding? This is absolutely amazing Rarity!

Luciana walked in on Pinkie still trying to prepare the welcome party, “Oh Pinkie! We said to have the cake ready by now!” Twilight sighed. “I know I know but I had to make it extra special for our extra special friend! Plus, what are you talking about? I am done!” Pinkie Pie pulled out the star shaped cake with all the ponies name on it. “Let’s get this party started! Pinkie cheered. The ponies proceeded to have an amazing time, they sang, they danced, and best of all they had the most fun they had in a long time.

The party was going great, until Luciana tripped over Gummy and hit her head on the edge of the table, knocking her out for a couple of minutes. Everypony stopped what they were doing and rushed to Luciana’s side. “Luci! Are you okay? Twilight screamed. Luciana woke up moments later dazed and confused about what had happened, and then... suddenly everything came back to her, who she was, where she came from, and all the information about her universe.

“Oh thank Celestia you’re awake!” Twilight said with a worried look on her face. “Luciana stared at Twilight for a moment before saying, "Twilight… I… Remember… Everything." “You do? That’s great to hear! So tell us!” Twilight said excitedly. Luciana takes a deep breath, “Well, I don’t know where to start, so I’ll begin here. I’m not from Equestria, in fact, I’m a human. In the human world I wasn’t very popular at all, I didn’t have many friends, and I wasn’t very social. Actually, there was one person that was nice to me, Scoots, and that’s why I felt a connection to the Scootaloo in this world. In the human world I also read a lot of books and studied magic tricks, because I wanted to be a magician when I grew up.”

Then... out of the blue a magic flash blinded everyone momentarily and a pony appeared in front of everyone followed by a voice, “That’s why I brought you here, because you looked so miserable in that world. I watched everyday as you sat by the statue at night and cried as you looked up at the moon, hoping for a better life,” Luci recognized the familiar voice, “Luna?” “Yes it is I, your princess of the night, and I brought you here for a reason... to show you that you are someone despite what you struggle with in your thoughts. That if you opened yourself up to others you could feel the joy that you always wished for. One night you sat down by the statue and I used my magic to pull you through and tried to show you a life you have always dreamed of, but I didn’t think about the consequence of my actions. By pulling you from your world... I caused distress in your family and your best friend Scoots.

So, unfortunately now that you have regained you memory, not from knocking your head unto the table, but by finding the love and the joy you have always been looking for.” Luciana stared at Luna horrified that she would have to go back to the world she despised so much, “No… I can’t go… I finally belong somewhere and your asking me to throw that all away... I... I can’t!” Luciana gallops out the door sobbing. Twilight chased after the mare, hoping to be able to calm her down.

She finally caught up to Luci, sitting by the lake she always sat by when she was upset. “Luci? Can I talk to you?” Twilight asked. Luciana looked up at Twilight, “Oh hey Twi… do… do I really have to leave? I can’t... I don’t want to go back to that miserable world.” Luciana started to cry again, “Luci... I don’t understand how you feel at the moment, but I feel that you have grown from a shy and timid pony to a brave, loving, and outgoing one. Listen to me, you are not the same person you use to be... you’re amazing... and smart and I’m glad to have met you, but what about the people over there that love and miss you? What about your best friend Scoots? Luna told us that Scoots came to the spot where you left that world and sits there every night looking at the sky like you do. Luci... Scoots needs you and you need her. I’m sorry you feel this way, but I’m positive the way you are now you can make a lot of friends. If it makes you feel better there are people exactly like us in your world, you just have to open up and find them.” Luciana dried her eyes, “Really?” “Yes, Luci you are special and unique and I’m sure they would love you, just like we love you here! It’ll feel like you never left Equestria.” Luciana hugged Twilight tightly, “Thank you… so much for everything you have done here and thank you for being such a great friend.

Luciana, Twilight, and the rest of the gang went to Canterlot to say their last farewell to Luciana Midnight. Luciana stood before the portal that led to her world and took one last look at everyone before jumping in, “I will never forget any of you, you all showed me how much potential I have, and how I should always be looking forward towards the future trying to improve. Most importantly... you taught me not only the magic of friendship, but how the past does not define a pony and how focusing on it kept me from enjoying the present.

All the ponies looked back at Luci with tears in their eyes, but proud look on their faces, “Don’t worry about your house we’ll be sure to take care of it for the next time you come back.” Twilight said and with that Luciana jumped through the portal. Luciana woke up in her world lying on the ground facing the sky. She sat up and turned around to look at the statue where she fell from, “man I’m going to miss using magic,” She thought. “Luci?” said a familiar voice, “Oh my… Luci! I’m so happy your back!” Scoots said while running over to her friend to give her a big hug. “Where did you go?? I was so worried about you, and I missed you so much!” Luciana was smothered by her friend, “ha-ha... I’m sorry I was gone, I just had to get my mind together, and I’m sorry I worried you but I promise to do better from now on” She said confidently. “Whoa... you seem different Luciana, what happened to you?” Scoots said looking over her friend, “did aliens do weird experiments on you?” Luci giggled, “No, but I learned a lot about myself. Come on... Let’s go home.”

The next day, she went to school like nothing had happened. During school she accidentally bumped into a girl named Rarity, “Ooo... I like that outfit I see you have an eye for fashion. I think you would be perfect to model my dresses for me. Please meet me after school in the drama club and we’ll get to know each other better. “Wow she is really similar to the Rarity in Equestria,” Luciana thought. Luciana smiled at Rarity and said, “Yeah... I’d like that.”